Joseph stttkay



J. SUTKAY.

ELECTRIC BOMB.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 30; lgl. l ,gl 259., Patented NOV. 11, 1919.

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ELECTRIC BOMB.

Specification of Letters Yatent. a i. Patented NOV., 11, 1.919.

application mea July so, 191s. serial No. 247,398.

To all 'whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH SUTKAY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Gary, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Bombs, of

which the following is a specication.

The primary object of the invention 1s to improve the construction of a bomb adapted and -arrangement of partsv which willbe hereinafter fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding' parts throughout the several views. v

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a plurality of the bombs electrically connected for distantdischarge; I

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal'sectional view of one ofthe bombs; Fi 3 is a perspective view of theholder for the explosiveremoved from the casing;

and

Fig.

4 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 2.

My invention contemplates improvement of explosive bombs adapted to be discharged from a distant point. This improvement includes the provision of a metallic ovoidal two-part bomb casing 10 having the parts or sections thereof screw-threadedl together,

i as at 11, for retaining the contents within the casingv after it is filled as hereinafter explained.

A bag 12 of suitable inflammable material such as canvas, is adapted for holding explosive Vmaterial 13, the said bag being suitable' for insertion within the casing 10. An axial vbore or opening 14 is provided through the bag 10 through .which a tube 15,. is inserted, perforations 16 being vprovided through said tube to permit transmission of sparks in any well known manner l' from the electric wire 17 to the explosive 13.

As herein shown, the sparks are transmitted from the electric wirel 17 to the explosive 13 by means of the inflammable powder 17 As the bag 12 is made of inflammable material,- it is obvious that the sparks will reach i the explosive 13. The outer section 18 of the casing 10 is 'provided witha neck 19 having an axial bore 20 through which the fuse or wire 17 extends, while a curved washer 21 mounted upon the free end of said neck has the wire 17 passing through an opening 22 thereof at one' side of .the center of the washer. A cap 23 is threaded upon the neck 19 having a centralopening 21 in its outer end for accommodating the wire 17, it being understood that by screwing the cap 23 upon the neck 19, a portion of the wire 17 is clamped between the washer 21 and cap 23 thereby holding a suitable length of the wire 17 within the tube 15. v

When a plurality of the bombs areemy.

ployed, the wires 17 are attached to a main wirel 25leadingto any distant point or station so that all of the bombs maybe simultaneously exploded. The wire 17 is preferably .formed of a plurality ofinsulated ,strands havingl Vtheir bared ends spaced apart within thev tube 15 for producing a spark within thetube upon closing an electrical circuit at the distantly positioned firing station.

With 'al plurality of the bombs obscured from view beneath the.

ground and connected by means of the wires 17 and 25 with av distant .pomt, it will lbe understood that when the enemy reaches a 1. In a bomb a two-part casing having an' entrance neck, an explosive holding bag within said casing having a` central opening therein in axial alinement with said neck, a-

perforated tube within said opening, a

spark producing element extending throughv said neckinto the tube, and a coperating washer and cap detachably mounted upon said neck and engaging the spark producing element to retain a portion thereof 'Within the tube.

2. In a bomb acasing formed of two sectionsthreaded together, an entrance neck uponone of said'fSections at one endof the casingga tubula canvas container arranged within and conforming to the internal shape of the casing, explosive material within the said contafmer, a tube axially extendingthrough the container and casing with its opposite ends engaging the ends of the i sections of the casing and provided with ignition perforations, a spark producing element extending through said neck into the tube, and retaining means for the spark producing element carried by said neck.

8. In a bomb a casing formed of two seotions threaded together, an entrance neck upon one of said sections at one end of the casing, a tubular canvas container arranged within and conforming to the internal shape of the casing, explosive-material within the said container, a tube axially extending through the container and casin with its opposite ends engaging the ends o the sections of the casing and provided with ignition perforations, a spark producing element extending through said'neck into the tube, a dished was-her upon the outer end of said neck having a perforation out of axial alinement with the neck and through which the sparkl producing element extends,

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

JOSEPH suini-AY. 

